Title:The Top 102 Most Cited Publications Relevant to Dental Education
Volume: 3
Author(s): Andy Wai Kan Yeung*, Ray Tanaka and Wai Keung Leung
Affiliation:
- Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Applied Oral Sciences and Community Dental Care, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,China
Keywords:
Bibliometric, curriculum, education, dental, stress, psychological.
Abstract:
Background: Growth and development in dental education globally depend on effective
experience sharing and advocation of evidence-based practice, preferably tested via vigorous peer
evaluation.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the most cited dental education publications. The objectives
were to identify the most productive entities, and the most frequently investigated themes and
specialties.
Methods: A keyword literature search was performed on 1st June 2020 to identify publications relevant
to dental education. PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, and Campbell Collaboration
databases were searched. Publications that dealt with dental education were included. Irrelevant
publications were manually excluded by the authors, and disagreement was resolved by the senior
author. Bibliographic data of the top 102 entries (some with equal citation ranks) were obtained
from Scopus and analyzed using Bibliometrix and VOSviewer for characterization of recurring contributors
and themes.
Results: The top publications included 83 original articles, 15 reviews, 3 books, and 1 online document,
written by 30 different authors, with 38 publications from dental journals not dedicated to education,
and with an average of 5.5 citations per year. The most productive author was William
Hendrickson. The most productive institutions were from Europe and the United States. There
were 11 papers focused on operative dentistry, 9 on endodontology, 4 on special care dentistry, 2
on community dentistry, 2 on periodontology, and 2 on implantology. Within the top 102 list, 21
publications focused on the stress experienced by dental students at school. A multiple ANCOVA
indicates that citation counts in these highly cited publications are associated with a number of authors
and document types, such as “reviews/books/online document” compared with original articles
(p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Influential dental education studies were published on a variety of platforms. Over the
past 20 years, the field witnessed the emergence of highly cited reports/articles. Similar to influential
papers in various fields, the number of authors per top-cited dental education publications appeared
to be associated with high citations indicating top quality and high appreciation/acceptance
of the articles involved.
